A U.S. lawmaker has alleged that Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) provided technical assistance to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. This allowed DeepSeek to train powerful models using far fewer computing resources than U.S. developers usually need, Moolenaar wrote. The representative wrote that internal Nvidia records claimed DeepSeek's AI training required just 2.788 million GPU hours using Nvidia's H800 chips. Nvidia, China Push Back As Chip Policy Debate IntensifiesIn a statement to Benzinga, Nvidia said China does not rely on U.S. chips for military use. "Nvidia treated DeepSeek accordingly — as a legitimate commercial partner deserving of standard technical support," Moolenaar wrote.